Automobile-heater.



L. V. STANDISTH.

AUTOMOBILE HEATER.

APPLICATION HLED 1AN.11.191.8.

L287A959 Patented 1360.16, y1918.

parranda oriana LEO V. STANDISH, 0F GAEDINEE, MAINE, ASSIGNORDF ONE-HALF TO WILL C ATKINS,

" `01? GRDINEE, MAINE.

americans-HEATER.

' specification of Letters Patent- Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

p Application tiled .anuary 1918. Serial No. 211,381.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, Leo V. SrANnrsi-I, a

citizen of .the United States, residing at- `,(Jraidiner, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile- Heaters; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledl .consists invan arrangement of parts, whereby the heat from the motor is utilized for this purpose, tothe exclusion 'of any applied or extraneous heat generatin device. In vthe accompanying drawing; igure 1, is a plan view partly in section of an automobile, illustrating the application of this invention. v

Eig. 2, is an elevation partly in vertical section.

F ig. 3, is an enlarged view partly invertical section illustrating the damper actuating mechanism.

' Fig. 4, is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through the engine hood, taken -on line 4--4 of Fig. 3, and

1 '.Fig. 5, is a similar view illustrating the same parts in different position. i` `numerals:

Referring to the drawing by reference Y1 indicates an automobile, 2 the motor, 3 the motorcompartment, 4, the motor hood having thesides 5, and 6 is the cooling radiator through which air enters the motor compartment 3. 4 indicates the cowl, and V5 themotor pan.,

6 indicates a bifurcated-ilue, arranged at the rear and in continuation of the motor compartment 3, the branches 7 and 8 of said flue leading under't-he door of .the antonio! from' the branches 7 and 8 passes into the body of the car.

Disposed inlthe bottom 10 of the `flue 6, and in line with the branches 7 and 8, are

two damper openings 11, while pivoted directly behind said openings, and on a common rod 12, are two dampers 13, of a size to completely close the damper openings 11,

4when said dempers are in a. lowered position, and lof a size to completely close the,

branches 7 and 8, when the dampers are in tion of said dampers being therefore their normal position. i.

Pivoted lat 14, adjacent one of the dainpers 13, is a lever 15, having its forward arm 16 extending forwardly of its pivot,

and itsv rear arm 17 extending rearwardlyand under the contiguous ,damper 13, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, in such manner that upon depression of the forward arm 16 of the lever 15, the rear arm 17 engages the face of the damper 13, and raises it and its fellow damper 13 into raised posi- Ytion shown in Fig. 3.

The sides 5 of the hood 4, aie provided with the usual louvers 18, and immediately behind the louvers 18 of each side 5, is a thin metal plate 19, having a plurality of vertical openings 20', capable of registering with the louvers 18 of the hood 4. Said' plates 19 are provided near each end thereof with an obliquely disposed slot Q1, while each side 5 of the hood 4 is provided with pins and wing-nuts ,22, corresponding with lthe slots 2l in the plates 19. By means of this cony struction, the plates 19 can be moved forP 'a raised osition, said dampers being l .mounted un alanced so as to close the damper openings by gravity, the lowered ,posi-v wardly andl upwardly to carry their vertical slots 20 out of coincidence with the louvers 18, to close said louvers, and rearwardly and downwardly to bring said vertical slots 20 into coincidence with the louvers 18 to-o`pen said louvers.

rLlhe forward arm 16, of they lever 15, pro# jects forwardly and in the .path of one of the plates 19, but lying in the path of said plate only when said plate is in a lowered position,l as partially shown inr full lines in Fig. 3, said 'lever arm 1,6 being out of the path of the plate 19, when said plate-is raised upwardly and forwardly as shown in this dotted position in Fig. 3.

The operation is as follows:

Air is continuously passing through the radiator 6 into the motor compartment, the

circulatie?? being generally assisted by a fan,

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inotor, and the heated air is available for terior of the car, the hood plates 19 are moved forwardly and upwardly, and set by the pins and wing-nuts 22, thus closing the louvers 18, and permitting the dampers 13 to drop into their normal lowered position. The heated air within the motor compartnient then passes into the tine branches 7 yand 8, and through the registers 9, the quantity of heat passing through the registers being controlled, as in all hot-air registers.

iVhen it is desired to discharge the heated air from the motor compartment directly into the atmosphere,l the hood plates 19, are moved downwardly and rearwardly, and set as before, thus bringing the vertical slots '20 ot' said plates to register with the louvers 1S in the hood-sides 5. Upon closing the hood,

oneof the said hood-plates engages the torward arm 16 of the lever 15, depressing said arm' and raising the arm 17, which raises -tlie dampers 13 into the position shown in Fig. 3, thus cutting o' the heated air from the line branches 7 and 8, and allowing same to be freely discharged through the louvers 1S, and the dampery openings ll.

An intein'iediate setting of the hood-plates .19, will obviously only,v partially open the louvers l8, ,and only partially raise the dampers 13, so that a portion ot' the heated air will enter the branches 7, and 8, and a portion thereof be discharged into the atniospliere. i y n.

1While l have shown and described a pret'- erable application of this invention, the same is susceptible to changes in the construction and the Yarrangement ot the parts, and I consider myself clearly entitled to 'all such changes and modifications as fall withinthe limit and scope'of the appended claims.

in order to lead tli'e heated air into the in- Lai-:waas

What l claim is:

l. it device for heating automobiles, includiiig in combination with the motor compartment, a biturcatcd tine in rear and in continuation of said compartment, said flue comprising two branches terminating in the interior of the automobile, said liuc being provided with ,a damper vopening in communie-ation with the atmosphere, a damper for closing said opening and for closing said branches from communication with the motor compartment, the hood' of said motor compartment beingvprovided with louvers, a member movable with respect to said louvers to cover and uncover. the same, and meansin association with said movable ele 'ment and with said damper to be engaged .being provided with a damper openingin Acomiminication with the atmosphere, a damper for closing either said opening or said Hue from communication with the motor compartment, the` hood of said motor coni- `partment being provided with louvers, a

member movable with respectto said louvers to cover and uncover the same, and means in association with said movable element andl with said damper to be engaged by said movable element to raise said damper to discharge heat from 'the motor compartment into the atmosphere.

In testimony thereof, I affix my signature,

. in presence of two Witnesses.

Leo v., sfgrannisii.

Witnesses i I i MARGUERITE E. ELDRIDGE, WILL C. ATKlNs. 

